Joe Pisapia recommended scooping up Kyle Gibson in deeper season-long formats, noting the veteran right-hander has looked solid on rehab (3.75 ERA, 13 K, 2 BB in 12 innings) and should slide immediately into Baltimore’s battered rotation. However, Pisapia stressed that managers should NOT start him in Tuesday’s debut at Yankee Stadium. New York’s lineup is scorching, winds are projected over 20 mph in multiple parks, and the Orioles simply need Gibson to soak up innings. Pisapia’s plan: add Gibson now as an innings-eater for future two-start weeks, but leave him on your bench until the matchup calendar turns friendlier.

Guy Boston recommended OVER 4.5 Hits Allowed for Kyle Gibson at –125 on DraftKings. Although this is Gibson’s first start of 2025, last season he eclipsed this mark in 20 of 30 outings (67 %) and in 8 of his final 10, averaging 5.5 knocks surrendered. Outlier’s database notes he has allowed 5+ hits in 9 of his last 11 overall. His lone 2024 meeting with New York produced exactly five hits over 6.2 innings. New York’s offense projects as an awful opening assignment: the Yankees rank 6th in batting average (.256) and 3rd in BABIP against right-handed pitching on the young season and remain top-10 in average (.257) over the last 30 games. With Gibson likely on a modest pitch count in his Orioles debut and the Bronx lineup stinging righties, Boston expects the visitors to reach five hits by the middle innings.

Brian Howard flagged Kyle Gibson 5+ strikeouts at +120 as a sneaky value. The Yankees own the third-highest K-rate in MLB (behind only the Angels and Rockies) and were just fanned eight times by rookie Tomiakia Sagano. Howard believes Baltimore will let Gibson work deeper than usual because of their rotation issues, giving him the volume needed to eclipse five punch-outs. With New York’s free-swinging lineup and plus money attached, Howard called the over 4.5/5+ K prop a worthwhile dart.